MII Initiative Knowledge Base

This page provides general background and historical MII information: videos, presentations, papers, articles, etc.

Presentations (slide decks)

These presentations describe the MII vision, initial efforts and follow-on work.

NCSLI 2025 Workshop & Symposium

• AI & Metrology Digitization
• Models for Digitalized Measurement Data

Joint Statement of Intent Signatories Meeting 2025

CIPM Workshop and Forum-MD

• Enhancing the interoperability of Calibration Certificates
• Strategies for DX success

DCC Conference 2025

• Progress Towards Producing DCCs with Standard Structured Measurand Information
• A Taxonomy of Radiometric-Measurand Metadata

Danish DCC Learning Day 2024

• Why not ISO80000?

NCSLI 2024 Workshop & Symposium

Metrology Digitalization Workshop

• Agenda
• Conceptualize, Model, Implement
• CATWOE Analysis Intro
• Digitalization Benefits for ABs

Industry and IQI Digitalization Panel Discussions

• Industry Panel Intro
• Heidi Foldal, Novo Nordisk
• Sami Koskinen, Beamex
• IQI Panel Intro
• Anna Cypionka, BIPM
• Ryan White, NRC Canada

Technical Presentations

• A Taxonomy of Electrical Measurands

NCSLI 2024 Q3 Committee Week

• Q3 Committee Meeting Slides

Joint Statement of Intent Signatories Meeting 2024

CIPM Workshop and Forum-MD

• Model-driven measurement information infrastructure

DCC Conference 2024

• What is the M-layer aspect?
• Toward a measurand taxonomy for interoperable measurement data

APMP Workshop 2023

Digital metrology: what does it mean and how to plan for it?

• How do we build a digital infrastructure for metrology?
• Toward a measurement information infrastructure–leadership opportunities for ultimate success

NCSLI 2023 Q4 Committee Week

• Q4 Committee Meeting Slides

2023 Q3 Presentations

• Danish Technical Institute's DCC Theme Day
• Joint Statement of Intent Signatories Update

NCSLI 2023 Q2 Panel Discussion

• Introduction
• James Fedchak, NIST
• Heidi Fodal, Novo Nordisk
• Mike Schwartz, Cal Lab Solutions
• Ryan White, NRC

NCSLI 2023 Q2 Committee Week

• 2023 Q2 Committee Meeting Slides

NCSLI 2023 Q1 Committee Week

• 2023 Q1 Committee Meeting Slides

CMC & Measurand Taxonomy Presentations

• SIM
• APMP
• NRC

DCC 2023 Talks

• Measured-Quantity Semantics

NCSLI 2022 Q4 Committee Week

• 2022 Q4 Committee Meeting Slides

IMEKO TC6 M4DT Conference 2022

* M-Layer implementation for MII

NCSLI Workshop & Symposium 2022

• NCSLI 2022 Learning Lab
• NCSLI 2022 Digital Metrology Panel
• 2022 Q3 Committee Meeting Slides

World Metrology Day 2022

* MSL New Zealand
* NRC Canada

DCC 2022 Talks

* SoA Editor
* MII and the M-Layer

APMP 2021 Talks

* SoA Editor
* MII Introduction

• IMEKO 2021 Paper Presentation
  • Metrological support for quantities and units in digital systems

NCSLI 2021 Workshop and Symposium

* Building a Machine Readable Standardized SoA Database
* A Guide to Standardizing Digital Calibration and Measurement Capabilities
* 141 MII&AC Committee Meeting

MI4&IoT 2021 Paper Presentation

* Metrological Data Completeness for Digital Transformation

April 2021 Webinar Digital Metrology World Updates

* Intro
* Blair Hall, MSL
* On Demand Webinar

BIPM FAIR Digital SI Workshop 2021

* MII's Relation to BIPM's Digital Framework Vision

NCSLI 141 Feb. 2021 Committee Meeting

* Discussion Topics

NCSLI 2020 Workshop and Symposium

* Taxonomy and MII-Related Global Projects Panel
* 141 MII&AC Committee Meeting

MI4&IoT 2020 Paper Presentation

* A Measurement Information Infrastructure’s Benefits for Industrial Metrology and IoT

• Measurement Science Conference 2020
  • Sharing Calibration Data

NCSLI 141 2019 Committee Meeting

* Draft Taxonomy Structure Overview--Electrical & RF

NCSLI 2018 Discussion Panel

* Taxonomies for an MII
* Panel Synopsis

MSC 2018 MII Session

* Taxonomy for an MII
* Standardized SOA Database and Metrology Taxonomy

• MSC 2018 Paper Presentation: A PROPOSAL FOR A STANDARD CALIBRATION DATA FORMAT

• NCSLI 2017 Paper Presentation: Accreditation Scope XML Schema Update

NCSLI 2017 Discussion Panel

* MII Vision, Progress and Participation
* MII Project Beagle Status
* MII Geo Search Demo

MSC 2017 MII Session

* MII Inception, Vision and Progress
* MII Smart CMC Search Demo
* MII and Metrology.NET

NCSLI 2016 Forum

* MII History, Inception and Vision
* Initial MII Project Plan
* Some MII Applications

Prior Work

• NCSLI 2016 Paper Presentation: An XML Accreditation Scope Schema
• MSA 2015 Paper Presentation: Toward an MII (The Technology Exists Now)
• MSC 2013: Metrology - Standardize and Automate

Articles

The NCSLI Metrologist magazine coined the MII concept in January 2013 in a new regular column, "Toward a Measurement Information Infrastructure", originally called "Metrology Information Infrastructure". In June 2017, NCSLI created the 141 MII & Automation Committee (MII&AC) to support, develop and document the MII.

NCSLI provides the magazine online with MII articles in the following issues:

• Standardize and Automate, January 2013
• Smart Calibration Certificates, April 2013
• Instrument Specifications Data Model, Part 1, October 2013
• Instrument Specifications Data Model, Part 2, January 2014
• Instrument Specifications Data Model, Part 3, April 2014
• ATML and Other Past Efforts, July 2014
• Real-World Related Projects, October 2014
• Smart Accreditation Scopes Data Model, January 2015
• Smart Accreditation Scopes, Part 2, April 2015
• Smart Certificates Data Model, July 2015
• Smart Certificates Data Model, Part 2, October 2015
• Data Storage Formats, January 2016
• Project Beagle, October 2016
• Project Status & Related Efforts, April 2017
• NCSLI 141 MII & Automation Committee, July 2017
• Measured Quantity Categorization, October 2017
• The Taxonomy Task, April 2018
• Taxonomy, Blockchains, Smart Contracts, FAIR Data, July 2018
• News and Updates, October 2019
• New Developments, April 2020 (13.2)
• A Digital Calibration Certificate (14.1)
• Standardizing Digital CMCs (14-2)

Cal Lab has also published MII and MII-related articles:

• Accreditation Scope Editor & Search Tools, April 2017
• Creating a Taxonomy for Metrology, April 2018

Papers

These papers appeared in conference proceedings and journals as indicated and generally correspond with some of the presentations above, offering written detail for interested readers:

• Metrology: Standardize and Automate!, MSC 2013 Proceedings, and Cal Lab Magazine, April 2013
• Toward a Measurement Information Infrastructure, MSA 2015 Proceedings
• XML Schema for Accreditation Scopes, NCSLI 2016 Proceedings
• Updated XML Schema for Accreditation Scopes, NCSLI 2017 Proceedings
• A Proposal for a Standard Calibration Data Format, NCSLI 2018 Proceedings
• A Measurement Information Infrastructure’s Benefits for Industrial Metrology and IoT, MetroInd4.0&IoT 2020 Proceedings
• Exploration of a Data-Enhanced Calibration Certificate as Part of a Complete Measurement Information Infrastructure, NCSLI 2020 Proceedings
• Measurement Information Infrastructure (MII) Projects and Outlook, NCSLI 2020 Proceedings
• Metrological Data Completeness for Digital Transformation, MetroInd4.0&IoT 2021 Proceedings
• A Guide to Standardizing Digital Calibration and Measurement Capabilities, NCSLI 2021 Proceedings
• Metrological support for quantities and units in digital systems, IMEKO World Congress 2021
• M-Layer implementation for MII, IMEKO TC6 M4DT Conference 2022
• A Taxonomy of Electrical Measurands, NCSLI 2024 Proceedings
• Models for Digitalized Measurement Data, NCSLI 2025 Proceedings

Videos

• DCC 2022 Presentation
• APMP 2021 Presentation
• Qualer Metrology Search Engine
• Metrological support for quantities and units in digital systems
• SoA XML Schema Training Video